Q&A After Speech at IRU — Yokohama, Japan
Q1. Can and will IT really contribute to solving a few major problems road transport will face in the 21st century, like congestion, pollution, etc.? A1. Yes, in fact there are Intelligent Transportation Initiatives in almost every major country which focus on how information technology can address growing problems of road congestion, pollution, road maintenance […]
PC Forum – Day 3
PC Forum day 3 opened with a talk by Eric Johnson, Norman Eig Professor of Business, Columbia University School of Business called “Defaults have value(s): How Do People Really Behave on the Web?”. His bottom line was that defaults have a huge impact on consumer behavior and he illustrated this point with many examples. He […]
PC Forum – Day 2
PC Forum day 2 was one of the best in all the 12 years I have been attending. It started out with Esther interviewing with Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO, Google. He wouldn’t talk about the rumored IPO but he was very bullish about the potential for Google. Eric then joined in on a panel, […]
PC Forum – Day 1
PC Forum is one of the conferences I most enjoy because it always try to look at the big picture. Esther Dyson opened the conference by announcing that her company, Edventure Holdings, has been acquired by CNET (see full press release for details). The agenda this year is focused on looking at the world and […]
Demo Pictures
Demo 2004 was an excellent conference — I learned a lot and got to see many old and new friends. Ben and Mena Trott, from Six Apart Ltd. in San Mateo, California showed their newest Typepad tool for bloggers. It lets mobile bloggers — "mobloggers" as they are called — put their digital photos, along […]
